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Tagra of fresh sardines with pepper oil recipe
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Tagra of fresh sardines with pepper oil recipe

14 ingredients 25 min + 1 hr 5 min 6 people openrecipes

Many of the fish dishes from northern Morocco are prepared in a locally made clay vessel called a tagra and cooked in a baker's oven.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

604
Calories
33g
Protein
27g
Fat
64g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Sardine 100g canned drained 208
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Seed not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 12 large fresh sardines
  • 1 sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • pinch extra virgin olive oil
  • 110 sweet paprika
  • ml cayenne pepper
  • 1 cumin seeds, preferably Moroccan
  • tbsp large garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1 chopped coriander leaves
  • pinch chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves
  • 2 waxy potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
  • tsp carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 3 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced
  • 2.5 large red pepper, cored, seeded, and sliced into thin strips
  • tbsp large lemon, thinly sliced

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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